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Alan Bennett

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1934-05-09 (90 years old)

Biography

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968.

His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh.

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Filmography

all 86

Movies 64

Writer 30

self 22

TV Shows 22

Voice 2

Narrator 2

Creator 1

Writer

Alan Bennett

Biography

Filmography

all 86

Movies 64

Writer 30

self 22

TV Shows 22

Voice 2

Narrator 2

Creator 1

Allelujah (2023)

Stewart Lee: Tornado (2022)

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War (2022)

The Queen: 70 Glorious Years (2022)

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2020)

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III (2018)

National Theatre Live: Allelujah! (2018)

Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety (2017)

Alan Bennett's Diaries (2016)

The Lady in the Van (2015)

The Native Hue of Resolution (2013)

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time (2013)

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)

National Theatre Live: People (2013)

My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment (2012)

Books: The Last Chapter? (2011)

Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (2010)

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)

Being Alan Bennett (2009)

The History Boys (2006)

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)

The Young Visiters (2003)

Meg and Mog (2003)

The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)

Telling Tales (2000)

Family Guy (1999)

Talking Heads 2 (1998)

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics (1998)

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)

The Willows in Winter (1996)

In Love and War (1996)

The Abbey with Alan Bennett (1995)

The Wind in the Willows (1995)

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995)

The Madness of King George (1994)

Portrait or Bust (1994)

Julie Walters and Friends (1991)

Julie Walters and Friends (1991)

Ashenden (1991)

A Question of Attribution (1991)

A Life in Death (1991)

Selling Hitler (1991)

Selling Hitler (1991)

102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990)

Dinner at Noon (1988)

Talking Heads (1988)

Talking Heads (1988)

Little Dorrit (1987)

Fortunes of War (1987)

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

The Insurance Man (1986)

Man and Music (1986)

Dreamchild (1985)

The Glass Box (1985)

Screen Two (1985)

A Private Function (1984)

An Englishman Abroad (1983)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)

Objects of Affection (1982)

Intensive Care (1982)

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)

All Day on the Sands (1979)

One Fine Day (1979)

Afternoon Off (1979)

The Old Crowd (1979)

Doris and Doreen (1978)

BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)

Long Shot (1978)

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1934-05-09 (90 years old)

Birth Place
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Awards
Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, Bodley Medal, Laurence Olivier Award, Hawthornden Prize, Society of London Theatre Special Award, PEN/Ackerley Prize